Opinion
Do we expect too much from government? Listening to Governor Mike Dunleavy’s state of the state address, he pledged to make Alaska a safer place, by replacing SB 91, addressing the opioid crisis, and...
Government that holds hostages typically is not good government. It is a failing strategy of President Donald J. Trump to have to resort to extreme measures and gamble that emergency declarations...
We are being fed incomplete information at all levels of government these days. On the international level, Saudi Arabia has yet to get its story straight about the country’s involvement in the...
It is 2018 and women are still not treated as equals in America. I’m not even talking about equal pay or opportunity, but equal in terms of being afforded the promise of safety and being respected as...
Reasonable citizens have repeatedly addressed City fathers to provide reliable and honest public safety in Nome.
Their pleas should be heard as one of the most fundamental tasks of government is to...
NOAA Fisheries came through and broke some very significant news not only for us here at Norton Sound, but for the entire Bering Sea and the world. The scientists couldn’t find the cold water curtain...
President Trump vigorously fans the flames of hatred against the press by repeating that the media and the free press of this country are the “enemy of the American people.”
It is reckless,...
We live in a place of abundance and this time of the year reminds us of the blessings that we have all around us here in Nome. Fish are arriving in great numbers in our rivers. The salmonberries are...
The Nome Common Council’s decisions are only as good as the comments they hear from citizens who go before it. Without any public input, on the record, the Council is getting away with inaction on...
The Nome Nugget has new caretakers.
The ownership of Alaska’s oldest newspaper recently changed hands from the Estate of Nancy L. McGuire to longtime employees, my husband Nils Hahn and me, Diana...
